monitoring and evaluating of kurrdistan parliaments' works

NED

National Endowment for Democracy

Monitoring and Evaluating of

Kurrdistan Parliaments'

Works

Fourth parliamentary term - third session

(March 1st, 2016to August 31

st, 2016)

Sixth Report

PAY Institute for Education and Development is a Kurdistan-based non-

governmental organization that was formally registered at the non-governmental

organizations department on (28/11/2013), and began its activities in December

2013.

Monitoring the Kurdistan Parliament Project:

This project started to perform its work with the beginning of the 4thtermof the

Kurdistan Parliament. And now, with the support of the National Endowment for

Democracy (NED), it leads the duties that it is entrusted with.

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Sixth Report Monitoring and Evaluating For the Kurdistan Parliaments Work

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Contents

Introduction…………………………………….................................................…… 5

Evaluation for Parliament in Spring Round …….................................................……7

First: Legislation Process ………………………..................................................…...7

Second: Monitor the Government's Performance….....................................................7

Third: Budget Ratification …………………………...................................................7

Parliament's Committees………………………...................................................……8

First: Reporting on the Projects…………………….................................................…8

Table (1) Written Reports by Committee……………..................................................8

Table (2) Name of Committees……………………….............................................…8

Second: Meeting of Committees………………………...........................................…9

Table (3) Committees' Meetings……………………….......................................……9

Third: Interim Committees………………………………..................................……10

Table (4) Committees' working levels on the projects that have submitted to them in

the beginning of Fourth Term until (August 31st, 2016)……..................................…11

Table (5) Present of members in Committees' meetings in Spring Round…..............12

Table (6) Compendium of Committees in Spring Round…………....................……14

Notes on Spring Round…………………………………………........................……15

Parliament's situation in sight of Presidency Commission and Block Presidents' in

Parliament …………………………..…..................................................................…17

Reasons behind the Deactivation of Kurdistan Parliament………….......................…29

Bad effects of Deactivation of Parliament in interior and exterior levels.................…31

The Ways to Activate Parliament………………………..................................…...…32

Results ..........................................................................................................................34

Annex: Compendium of Parliament's works since it's lunched on November 6th

, 2013

until August 31st, 2016……………………………………………….......................... 35


Kurdistan ParliamenPay Observatory to Monitoring

This is our new project to monitor parliament which is a website in two languages

(Kurdish and Arabic) besides the English Language will be available soon. It will be an

important station to voters, researchers and journalists in Kurdistan.

In here all information about Legislation, Monitoring and Ratification of Budget will be

publishing with the inventory of each parliament members. So, we can know that which

of them do their jobs properly and working due to the promises that they give in

elections? How they understand their roles as parliament members? Can they make

difference between parliament members' roles and other roles like being a journalist?

Do they take responsibility in monitoring and legislation or visa verse? This website is

also supported by NED Organization.


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Introduction

In the history of Kurdish polity in South Kurdistan was not faced difficulties like now,

and its reasons belong to internal issues, authority and political parties. its result has

reached level of crisis in politic, law, administrative, finance and education, social and

loosing people's trust in government. In addition, threaten of ISIS is another issue which

people and democracy are detrimental by it, our political reputation is disgraced in

international community. However, Parliament was one of the important establishment

in Kurdistan, had a main role in political affairs and government, but it is deactivated.

PAY has monitored this round of parliament from its beginning, the purposes behind

monitoring are to show its members duties and make transparency in there, also tell

people how elements of government like legislation, Monitoring and budget approval

are worked. We want to help members of parliament and presidency of parliament by

publishing adequate information on parliament to separate activate members from

inactive ones. Forcing those members are not taking their responsibilities by social

pressure (peer pressure), so our goals in this project is to connect parliament with its

voters, strength public opinion with this national establishment (parliament).

For evaluating Fourth Term of parliament PAY are announced six reports, three of

them are supported by NED and the others are prepared voluntary by PAY; and two of

them printed by Kurdistan Parliament Union.

This report about Spring Round of Kurdistan Parliament, which was not lunched. Our

purpose to evaluate it and we hope it does its duties, make people trust on it, has a

crucial way to face crises, prevent braking laws and political parties' intervention in its

duties. If there is a powerful parliament to legislate and monitor legislative authority,

the society will be organized well. We think our monitoring with other civil

organizations will be a strong support to success parliament.

So, many people asked why we announce these reports when the parliament is not

functioning, our answer is the meetings are not held but the committees can meet and

work on the projects were submitted to them, even some of the projects back to the

beginning of this term. Our essential question is why the members are not working on

these projects? as we saw before they also submitted many reports to parliament! If

they said that their establishment is not working and does not have legitimacy so why

they delegated to outside the country; also all the consuls are bothered by their personal

request to get visa for them and their relatives. It means that they are not working

because they are careless, our mission is to record this, we believe that the parliament

will be working again and we are keep on to take responsibilities.

Pay Observatory to Monitoring Kurdistan Parliament is a new project by PAY, and all

information will record on it. PAY continues in monitoring parliament, Ministry of

Education and Ministry of Higher of Education and Scientific Research, which is

working on them from our starting, to be appoint to pressure on Kurdish authority.


Surely, we want to talk about parliament presidency Commission and those members

are support this project, consider it as their project; they pleased us and they are the

reason to keep going on it.

Dr. Sarwar Abdul Rahman Omar

PAY Institute for Education and Development

September, 2016


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Evaluation for Parliament in Spring Round

(March 1

st, 2016 – August 31

st, 2016)

Assignment of parliament includes three elements (Legislation Process, Monitoring of

Legislative Authority and Ratification of Budget).

First : Legislation Process In this round parliament are deactivated, so there were not meetings, law and decisions

have not issued.

Second: Monitoring of Legislative Authority

Also there were not any activities, and the members were not doing their tasks.

Third: Ratification of Budget

In ratification of budget Parliament have not had any role, and has not ratified annual

budget in the last three years (2014 – 2015 – 2016).

should hold sessions on budget crises and people’s needs instead of the bylaw.

Parliament's Committees


Parliament of Kurdistan has 22 committees, article (37) in bylaw of parliament states

that the members can participate in committees according to their interests and their

certifications. Each of the committees have not less than (5) members and more than

(11) members, the members tasks are follow up to government's works and projects, as

well visiting people.

The committees' tasks in Spring Round (2016) are:

Notes on Table -1:

1- Six sessions has been held in this round

2-Regualr sessions we 2 (in the morning & the afternoon)

3-In total of these meetings, attends of only one meeting hadn’t been taken. 4-In 5 sessions that had been held, 114 members didn’t attend the sessions (rate of absences reached to %14.6)

Until now (226) laws and decisions are presented to parliament. (155) have reviewed

their first reading then directed to the members and the related committees, and (71)

projects have not reviewed yet. Only (18) laws and (7) decisions are confirmed. In

Spring Round only Social Affairs, Children and Families Committee wrote a report on (

Nursing Immature Person).

*Name of those committees have not write any reports from the beginning of this term

until now:

Table (1) Written Reports by Committees

Name of committees have not received any bills:

Table (2) Name of Committees

Name of Committee No

Women’s Rights Defense Committee 1

Consumer Rights Protection Committee 2

Relations and Kurdish Community Committee 3

Name of Committee No

Sport and Youth Committee 1

Kurdistan Areas outside Region’s Border Committee

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tteesSecond: Meeting of Commi

1-In Spring Round (four months) in (22) committees only (9) of them hold meetings,

some of them did not finish their quorum.

2- Sports and Youth Committee in Spring Round had (4) meetings, only Head of

Committee & Deputy Head of Committee were attended; bylaw of parliament it is not

account as a meeting.

Table (3) Meeting of Committees Number of Meetings Name of Committee NO

8 Agriculture and Irrigation Committee 1

8 Education and High Education Committee 2

4 Consumer Rights Protection Committee 3

4 Sports and Youth Committee 4

3 Civil Society Affairs Committee 5

1 Social Affairs, Children and Families Committee 6

1 Endowment and Religious Affairs Committee

7

1 Municipality Services Committee 8

1 Interior and Security Committee

9

31 Total


Third: Interim Committees

Some interim committees have made their investigation and results have not announced

or finished yet.

First: The committee investigated in the events when happened on April 31st, 2014 and

the days before that date. On May 4th

, 2014 by decision No (3), it had finished its jobs

and submitted a report to parliament, but it had not been on the paragraph agenda.

Second: Another committee was made to recognize the crimes were against the

structures in Kurdistan Societies was made on September 23, 2014 by Law (22), it did

not do anything and later was cancelled.

Third: committee to prepare draft constitution, it could not finish its duties in the

specified time on May 25, 2016 – August 28, 2016. The members in this committee

asked to give them another (90) days, but it was rejected.

Notes about Structure of Committees Comparing information in Directorate of Parliament Affairs and Parliament website was

in the fifth report and analyzed in 16 points.

In the comparison we pointed out the there were incomplete information about

committees' structure; we observed that the untrue information are not corrected.


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Table (4) Committees' working levels on the projects that have submitted to them

, 2016) st

of Fourth Term until (August 31in the beginning

N0 Committee’s name Number of

bills

referred to

the

committee

Number of

bills have

reported

Percentage

of bills have

reported

1 Legal Affairs Committee 155 40 % 25,28

2 Finance and Economic Committee 46 9 % 19.56

3 Interior and Security Committee 21 9 % 42,85

4 Agriculture and Irrigation Committee 7 5 % 71,42

5 Women’s Rights Defense Committee 8 0 % 0

6 Education and High Education Committee 9 4 % 44,44

7 Health and Environment Committee 14 5 % 35,71

8 Social Affairs, Children and Families

Committee

16 16 % 100

9 Reconstruction Committee 3 1 % 33,33

10 Relations, Culture and Media Committee 7 3 % 42,85

11 Endowment and Religious Affairs Committee 9 9 % 100

12 Peshmerga, Martyrs and Ethnic Cleansing

Victims Committee

21 2 %9.52

13 Human Rights Committee 19 5 %26,31

14 Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Committee

9 5 %55.5

15 Municipal Services Committee 5 4 % 80

16 Consumer Rights Protection Committee 3 0 % 0

17 Sports and Youth Committee 0 0 % 0

18 Integrity Committee 2 1 % 50

19 Civil Society Affairs Committee 4 2 % 50

20 Kurdistan Areas Outside Region’s Border Committee

0 0 % 0

21 Parliament Affairs Committee 2 1 % 50

22 Relations and Kurdish Community Committee 2 0 % 0

Total 362 121 % 33,42


Table (5) Present of members in Committees' meetings in Spring Round

N0 Committee’s name Number of Members Numbers of

Meetings

1 Legal Affairs Committee 11 0

2 Finance and Economic Committee 11 0

3 Interior and Security Committee 11 1

4 Agriculture and Irrigation Committee 10 8

5 Women’s Rights Defense Committee 7 0

6 Education and High Education Committee 11 0

7 Health and Environment Committee 9 8

8 Social Affairs, Children and Families Committee 10 0

9 Reconstruction Committee 7 1

10 Culture and Media Committee 5 0

11 Endowment and Religious Affairs Committee 7 0

12 Peshmerga, Martyrs and Ethnic Cleansing Victims Committee 11 1

13 Human Rights Committee 10 0

14 Industry, Energy and Natural Resources Committee 11 0

15 Municipal Services Committee 10 0

16 Consumer Rights Protection Committee 7 1

17 Sports and Youth Committee 7 4

18 Integrity Committee 9 4

19 Civil Society Affairs Committee 9 0

20 Kurdistan Areas Outside Region’s Border Committee 8 3

21 Parliament Affairs Committee 9 0

22 Relations and Kurdish Community Committee 9 0

Total 31


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Notes on Table (2) & (3)

1- In Spring Round (four months) amount of (22) committees only (9) committees

have been gathered.

2- The meetings did not response people's needs, the crises and the bills were

submitted to the committees.

3- Absences of members are recorded in a high percentage, so it affected

committees' duties.

4- In this session (13) committees did not have any meetings like (Legal Affairs

committee - Finance and Economic committee - Wo e ’s Rights Defe se

committee - Health and Environment committee - Reconstruction committee -

Culture and Media committee - Peshmerga, Martyrs and Ethnic Cleansing

Victims committee - Human Rights committee – Industry committee - Energy

and Natural Resources committee – Integrity committee - Kurdistan Areas

Outside Regio ’s Border committee - Parliament Affairs committee - Relations

and Kurdish Community committee.

5- Committees of (Interior and Security - Social Affairs, Children and Families -

Municipal Services - Endowment and Religious Affairs) each of them only held

one meeting.

6- Civil Society Affairs had one meeting.

7- Each of Sports and Youth Committee and Consumer Rights Protection

Committee had four meetings.

8- Eight meetings were held by each of Agriculture and Irrigation Committee and

Education and High Education Committee.

9- Parliament deactivated affected committees duties.

10- Only Relations and Kurdish Community Committee was not share information.

also, they were asked before by Directorate of Parliament Affairs. However, we

got information that we needed.


Table (6) Compendium of Committees in Spring Round

No The title Number

1 Number of parliament’s meetings 0

2 Number of paragraphs of the agendas 0

3 Number of paragraphs of the agendas – the implemented 0

4 Number of paragraphs of the agendas – not implemented 0

5 Number of law projects that parliament did first reading for, in Spring Round 0

6 Number of the approved laws 0

7 Number of the approved decisions 0

8 Number of Ministers’ Council members who were called to the parliament by PMs 0

9 Number of Ministers’ Council members who attended at the request of PMs 0

10 Number of Ministers’ Council members who were called to the parliament by PMs

and did not attend

0

11 Number of Ministers’ Council members who attend the parliament hall at their own request

0

12 Number of interrogations of Ministers’ Council members 0

13 Number of committees’ meetings 31

14 Number of reports that committees wrote about bills in Spring Round 1

15 Number of reports that committees did not write about bills 241

16 Number of members’ questions directed to the government 0

17 Number of answered questions 0

18 Number of unanswered questions 0


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Notes on Spring Round 1- In this session and on (October 6

th, 2015) there were not any meetings, and it is

in contrast with parliament's policies.

2- From its lunched this parliament Term until now (which is almost three years)

only (8) laws and (7) decisions were issued, (155) bills were had their first

reading.

3- Up to now parliament could not follow up and enquiry for Oil issue like (process

of selling it, its budget and its contracts are not presented). (1)

4- None of the ministers were called to parliament. (2)

5- Hither to, none of the committees correlative to monitor the government not

taking any procedure for those projects have budget ;which are not stopped up

to these days. Also, the Board of Censor should take procedure of them

(projects).

6- In total of (362) bill were submitted to committees only (121) reports wrote

about them, and (241) reports were not wrote until now. So, this is contrary to

bylaw of parliament. (3)

1. (1 ) - Article (42) in bylaw of Kurdistan Parliament states that:

A- The standing committees have rights to ask information by Deputy of Speaker of

Parliament from Formal establishments, mass and vocational organizations to provide

them what they need.

B- If the sides were mentioned above do not give the required information to the

standing committee, then by the Speaker of Parliament will warning prime minister,

incase if the demand is not get its answer during 15 days, it will be discussing in

Parliament.

2. Article (69) in bylaw of Kurdistan Parliament states that:

A- Any member of parliament wants to interrogate any members in executive authority

then it will send it in written.

B- The Speaker of Parliament send the interrogate to executive authority, and putting it

in a first meeting's agenda after announcing the person, selecting time will be choose

it after a week; in case parliament in urgent and the executive authority agree with it.

3. Article (4) in Law No (71) in bylaw of Kurdistan Parliament states that:

Raised a report by both committees, after wording it by Law Committee ,and after its

arriving 10 days for both committees, if they are not asked to review it in hurry, it will

submit in 5 days.


7- Thirty one meetings were held in this round.

8- As we noticed parliament are not considered in crucial and fateful events,

according to law No(1) in 2005, should the politicians come back to the

parliament.

9- Law of Combat Terrorisms No (3) in 2006, by Law (2) in 2014 is lengthening its

time. On July 16th

, 2016 is expired, so it makes a limbo.

10- Law No (9) in 2008, to rent house in Kurdistan – Iraq, by Law No (8) in 2015 was

stopped for one year, and it (Law No 8) was ended on July 15th

, 2016. The

parliament should amend it or lengthened its time but because of deactivated

of Parliament many crises are faced poor and renter people.


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Parliament's situation in sight of Presidency Commission and Block

Presidents' in Parliament Fourth Term of Kurdistan Parliament was elected on September 21

st , 2013, its first

meeting was on October 10th

, 2013, the members were took oath; after that meetings

were not held until April 29th

, 2014 when the Parliament Presidency of Commission

was elected.

This term faced various problems; it is started with incorrect competition. If we

compare this term to other terms, it has less works than other terms. Even those, it was

an official establishment which was gathered all political parties. When, its president

was prevented to go to Erbil on October 12, 2015; it has deactivated completely. For

sure it affected out authority in Kurdistan and considered as a stigma.

In aim for proceeding, finding reasons, present its bad effects internally and externally

of Kurdistan, also finding ways to determine the ways to activated again, as PAY

Institute and in framework of Evaluate of Parliament Project; we asked three questions

to each of Presidency Commission and Head of Blocks in Kurdistan Parliament.

The questions are:

First: Why the Parliament is deactivated?

Second: what are the bad effects by deactivated of Parliament internal and

external sides?

Third: How to activate Parliament again?

In below we write down the answers that we received from them:

Dr. Yousif Mohammed, The speaker of Parliament:

Answer to question one: There are many reasons behind it, but the main reason is some

of the political parties can move the (Armament Agency) by their decisions for only

their agendas. Until, we will not put them away from it, and prevent them for using it in

internal conflicts, this situation will be last longer, even that the establishments cannot

do their duties in frame of law.

Another reason is (Mr. Masud Barzani) wants to long its term of presidency of

Kurdistan outside the law, also get a legal way to it. But, five blocks (PUk, Goran

Movement, KIU, KIG and IM) submitted a bill to elect a new president. Mr.Barzani and

its party (PDK) tried to force Presidency Commission and the members in Parliament,

in that time ( October 8th

,2015) the discussions about lengthened the term of Barzani

was finished, the other parties decided that they vote on it in parliament. So, to prevent

it they deactivated it. Furthermore, the members of this term are active and invited the

ministers to interrogate them especially the minister of Natural Resource, and the prime

minister asked the ministers to not go to parliament. So, parliament add a appoint in its

bylaw to interrogate them even if they absent.


The other reason is the capitol of Kurdistan Region are controlled by one security force,

so the establishments are surprised by it (the security force), and one party dominated

Erbil, when the establishments try to do something if it is against this party they will

intervene even if it is legally.

Answer to question two: democracy is failed, now we cannot talk about democracy in

Kurdistan because the only legal source in Kurdistan is Parliament even to the expired

president; the president was length its term in previous term (The Third Term of

Parliament). When the legal source is not working, thus the democracy is incapable.

One of the internal effect is they wanted to banish people and parliament in taking

decisions. If parliament had worked, they would not have reduce salary to saving money

for employees; the ministers were questioned in parliament might be withdrawn trust

from some of the ministers. The result of not having parliament puts people in difficult

situation, because it (parliament) can not follow up for Governments' works.

In external side, we do not have any point to make us differ in the region. However, we

sacrifice our forces (Peshmarga, Shervan and Garilla) to fight Da'sh , which is a

symbolic to our nation. Absence of parliament and not changing authority in peace

made the international community looks at Kurdistan Region as fighter not as a partner.

It has put Kurds in a weak position.

Answer to question three: For solution, I think all the methods were provided to solve

parliament's problem are not fit them. Another methods must use to find solution, until

Erbil under one party's will the parliament will not be the one that people want it, the

authority serves people. Rather the government establishments will benefit one party;

when the parliament wanted to work in contrast with it was deactivated. Therefore, the

solution will not be activate it or not? Are the ministers going back to their ministries or

not? But, the reasons behind deactivate parliament should solve; until then nothing

important will happen. Now, the authorities in Kurdistan Region show their faces, and

things they did in back (behind the curtain); they could not change illegality to legality.

The only way to solve it is solving Kurdistan President's issue in Parliament, and

nothing else will correct to it. It is possible to gather all the blocks except PDK Block

are not agreeing, participate in a meeting outside of Erbil to end this coup.

Mr. Jaafar Imeneky, Deputy of Parliament Speaker (from PDK):

Answer to question one: Destroy the agreement between PDK and Goran Movement

is behind the deactivation.

Answer to question two: Deactivation of parliament makes the political inside

Kurdistan is not stable, works are not going properly and economy is in a weak state.

Answer to Question Three: For deactivation must have a new agreement between

PDK and Goran Movement in an open meeting and putting back trust between them.

Fakhraddin Qadir, Secretary of Kurdistan Parliament:

Fourth Term of Kurdistan Parliament started with some specialty, its members are

elected in semi-open list and they wanted to be with people. Also, when the parliament

was lunched there was a complicate political situation, certainly I will not say that the

members and presidency commission are perfect and without any weakness.


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Answer to question one: why parliament is deactivated? I believe the political system

in Kurdistan does not want a parliament like this one. It means that political authority

in Kurdistan does not want parliament which is elected by people being its reference,

instead they decide in their offices then the parliament like a chorus say what they want

them to say.

When Masud Barzani in a meeting of parliament said ''parliament is the reference for

people in Kurdistan.'' while the parliament is working in a line which is different from

their desire (a political party or political parties), then parliament will be an obstruction

in front of them; we only see this situation in backward tribes. In our neighborhood

countries like Iraq they returns all issues to parliament, if there is any plan to take

decisions outside of parliament all the blocks try to decide on it in parliament.

Before, we said that we transfer our idol experience to Baghdad, but now it is

conversed. Our experiment is failed, and we are lack of democracy experiment; our

polity experiment could not mange its employees, we see Baghdad is near of us.

Parliament was deactivated because it wanted to organize authority by law, in the

beginning we visited the person in each political party in Kurdistan, and they promised

us to help the problems by law; except PDK did not suggest anything for us.

Answer to question two: the external effects of deactivations is a black mark in

history of polity in Kurdistan, the high establishment is obstructed by a political party,

and this parliament is formed by people's votes. Now, we and the world think It is a

point to going back. Before, we call it a new polity (infant as the politicians call it), but,

now we say there is no democracy, one of the basis of authority is voting and changing

positions are not exist in Region, voting are abused. So, if someone talks about

changing positions peacefully will be in the same situation which now exists.

Fighting Da'sh is a general situation in the area and we have to be real with it, affects

other sides for USA and its allies. In our talking with them we told why they prefer

democracy for themselves but not for us, their answer is ''safety for now is important,

and there is fighting against Da'sh." It means that they understood if there is any talking

about presidency, the country will be in mess. In case the law No (13) on June 31st,

2013 said that the time of President of Kurdistan will be finished on August 19th

, 2015

and could not length its time; this law was prepared in a day and night by two political

parties to be decided in parliament.

And internal effects include lack of monitoring government, issuing laws and decisions

plus reform has announced without parliament all these things need Kurdistan

Parliament. Lacking of parliament hamper legislation process and monitoring

government. If parliament had activated, we would not have allowed reducing salary;

we would have invited the ministers to parliament, if they had not answered, we would

have withdrawn them from their positions. Also, we planned to establish directorate of

Oil and Gas Fund, which its law are accepted by parliament and it was related to

people's live. Another example is we established High Election Commission in

Kurdistan; we will initiate state for country. We wanted to clarify Incomes not a bank

taking over on it. All these problems are existing because of deactivation of Parliament,


if it (Parliament) had activated; it would have been responsible to find solutions even to

withdraw this government.

Answer to Question Three: whether they want to activate a biddable parliament, so

we will not be there and not broke our oaths. Parliament was deactivated by a decision

from a political party; it should be activated by it again. Lately, we heard that the

Presidency Commission of Parliament should be changed, if it has broken laws and

bylaw you have to show it. if there is not why you put it on to the problems, the problem

is related to Kurdistan president's of position; people's live is problem and monitoring of

incomes is problems.

If there is a parliament not investigates in crucial issues, and take notes from political

parties to decide on laws, it will break the glory of parliament. If parliament is activate,

many problems will solve, select the political system, organize country to make

everyone be equal to laws.

Block: Omed Khoshnaw, Head of PDK Answer to Question One: the first reason for deactivation is when the opposition party

comes to circle of polity and take presidency Commission of Parliament, was not

abandoned this feelings as opposition, for example they participated in government and

the speaker of parliament position belongs to it, It was used duality, had agreement

with ruler parties and did not want to lose these votes were got them because it was

opposition.

In another hand, they touched things were not touched in the last 25 years. They broke

the laws, you are an organization having searches about parliament, go and search about

their breaking laws. This party was not ready for this situation and that position, for

example in the civil war the two parties (PDK & PUK) were fought but they thought

that parliament is a national establishment and did not let parliament to be field for civil

war. When they came to it, they (Gornan Movement) published their problems in

society and other parties, so parliament could not gather all parties, for this Goran

Movement is responsible for the level that Kurdistan Parliament reached.

Answer to Question Two: of course when a national establishment is not working has

effects, as PDK we are proud of parliament and we are part of its founders. For now and

future to be a source for reference, the parliaments situation since last year it has

external and internal effects, it is not possible some of the parties in a political

competition hampered parliament, if it was source of reference, it should organize these

parties. In international level also has effect, all of us should admit it.

In internal level, parliament was reference and sacred. This party wanted to break all

dominance, one of them was parliament, when it was opposition it made scandal for it,

after it participated in polity it was working in the same way. Now, people mock

parliament and do not have any hope in it; which is the place only for talking not to

taking actions, so it has internal effects also.


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Answer to Question Three: We (PDK) AND Goran Movement know that this

government is structured by a national consensus, we considers as a principle for now

and future, for challenging what we will face them, for our problems with Baghdad, for

fighting with Da'sh and for our procedures in future. This party (Goran Movement) was

not responsible for it; it used it as a tactic for a particular time then the agreement

between us is signed, after the posts are shared between the parties. Goran ,Movement

tried to break this agreement practically, we ended up this agreement and announced

that Goran Movement was not honest with it.

We only said Goran not other parties, Goran said Kurdistan President's position was

the point of our conflict, four blocks (PUK, KIU, KIG, IM) were challenged us, but

only Goran Movement was the factor of that situation. At first, they attempted to work

in majority and minority. Then, gathering people in street. Next, attacked PDK's offices

burned them and martyred our members. Finally, it had planned to sabotage the cities'

securities, in result October 12th

was happened; we announced to public that the

agreement between us was finished. So, for the next step we can have a new agreement,

all of us asking to activate parliament, we are different in form, it is possible to find

another way, if we are honest about parliament to be a reference lets elect a new

Presidency Commission for Parliament in another parties, especially not include PUK,

PDK and Goran Movement.

:Brzo Majed, Head of Goran Movement

Answer to Question One: one of the main reason is PDK was not happy with this

term, in the previous terms it could get what it wanted, it made majority and passed it.

In this term it could not made majority in parliament. Moreover, its work style different

from the previous terms, had many activities, another point is PDK looked at this term

as a threat to Kurdistan president's position, these points were behind the deactivation. Answer to Question Two: after uprising (1991) we talked a lot about creating

establishments and making parliament as a source of a national reference. When it you

deactivated, it damaged the Region's reputation. Inside Kurdistan, this failure government has not been monitored , fighting Da'sh,

people's live and economic crises are ruined the Region's reputation.

Answer to Question Three: Ruling of laws, challenging the crises, putting a

mechanism to find a root and relative solutions especially to the economic crises. For

presenting a high level for politic and social live in Kurdistan Region should normalize

the situation, the first step is activate parliament, after that we sit together and solve all

the problems.

Begards Talabany, Head of PUK Block: Answer to Question One: the reason is clear, there was trouble on Kurdistan

Presidency Law which its time lengthened in the previous term, and this issue had not

finished. We wanted to amend the law to elect the president in parliament not directly

by people; also the situation is not appropriate for election.

The conflicts between blocks are widened, each of them has its visions, and they present

their bills, in that time a commission was formed to changing political system by

constitution and these were disagreements. It is true that deactivation because of the


conflicts between blocks, but the political parties were not agreed about it, I believe all

the parties have neglected.

Answer to Question Two: Deactivation has influence externally on Kurdistan, its

reputation is defamed, because a speaker of legal and trusted establishment was

banished; and a year was passed but parliament had not have any meetings.

Then, fighting Da'sh is an unwanted war against terror, and has not any borders and

danger to everywhere. The endowments for Kurdistan is only related to fight Da'sh and

nothing else, it is not proper to make it as reason to not activate parliament. In our

meetings with foreign delegations were cleared to us that they know that the term of

President of Kurdistan was finished, but for fighting Da'sh they have to deal with

Peshmarga and President of Kurdistan is the president of army forces; even though the

other parties let him to be president to army forces. After Da'sh will be noticing what a

shame of deactivation of Parliament is, the donations are given to Baghdad then come to

Kurdistan.

Inside Kurdistan the duties of parliament are held, the government was not monitored

by anyone since then, no laws were issued, government was issued illegal law about

people's living and parliament has not any role about them. The effects are huge;

because of parliament's situation the political parties and blocks could not meet and

make a decision for issues that related to people.

Answer to Question Three: there are two scenarios, we have to start and gather far

away from our political policies, which is difficult and there are different ideas, or the

political parties feel it and respect people's will to activate parliament.

Abubakr Haladny, Head of Kurdistan Islamic Union Blok KIU: Answer to Question One: the situations affected parliament affairs badly, I return it to

two points:

First: the members in this term were elected in semi-open lists, the members wanted to

do good things and prove that they were representing people in media, sometimes they

acted like we were not belong to our parties and had our independent personality.

Second: Parliament could issued important laws in an organized frame like: Budget

Law for political parties, Oil and Gas Income Fund, supporting Kurdish from Rojava,

sending Peshmerge to Kobane, decisions were specialized to Peshmarge, preparing bill

to amend constitution, High Electoral Commission, these are good things; may be some

of political parties are not agree with them.

Another reason is the problem of President of Kurdistan's issue which was bombed in

the middle of this term. We suggested three choices to solve it, first: we suggest

constitution, and could not decide on it. Then, Election, it was also not held it. The third

way is amending the law of President of Kurdistan, it was also not implemented.

Having Competitions and historical psychological node were influenced for

deactivation of Parliament.

Answer to Question Two: During this year when we met foreign delegations and

organizations were displeasure, it affects Kurd's reputation. They said we helped

Peshmarge not only for fighting Da'sh but also to develop democracy in Kurdistan


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Region, now democracy was going to back. Deputy of Speaker of Germany Parliament

said ''this is a big insult to deactivate parliament in Kurdistan.''

Now, there is no Parlaiment, government do what they want to do, without going back

to it. the members were not respected anymore I have difficulty with it, when you want

to follow up to on petitions of people in some places we were mocked by them that we

are in a situation we cannot do anything.

This term was finished its third year, unfortunately we do not know how to discuss on

budget, and the crises are cumulated day after the days. The big mark for this situation

is people do not have any hope in elections, if I talk about on biometric registration

system, up to today in Sulemania (7%), Erbil (4%) and Duhok (11%) people are

registered. this is a shame that people are not hopping in it. These countries deal with the Region's situation for two reasons: First, they are looking

to those people have the same advantages. Second, fighting Da'sh, they can find fighters

like Kurds whom are fighting in the first line, when it is dangerous for many countries

and having explosion there. I think after fighting Da'sh then we will see the neglecting

Kurds by others , for now one of the danger is Kurds are fighting for others, there is no

guarantee for those areas are controlled by Kurds and not fighting on them again, from

now Baghdad are threat Kurds. Also, because Kurds are not united and it has bad

effects.

Answer to Question Three: For Solution, the worst scenario is to continuo this

situation until 2017 and next election, then this term will be expired. And an opinion

will be suggested to work in one package. To not get to this step we have to solve all the

problems in one package, the five parties have serious discussion to find solution to

these issues ( activate parliament, government and constitution, reformation,

referendum, relations with Baghdad, strategy for fighting Da'sh and after that, regional

situations, national speech, national conference).

A new agreement to include requests' for all the parties, the four parties (PUK, Goran

Movement, KIU and KIG) Want to change system to Parliamentary and reform in

Kurdistan, besides PDK wants to remain Barzani in his position and call referendum

which its members demand; before PDK other parties demanded this. Until these years

PDK asked for autonomy, and PUK in 1984 asked for right of self – determination,

PUK had own federalist system from 1992. Anyway, implement these two demands for

PDK, in return PDK accept to change system to Parliamentary and having reform.

I heard from the general Coordinator of Goran Movement if the system changes to

parliamentary, they do not mind to remain Barzani in his position. So, one package can

solve the priorities in this situation, if not we will be divide to two regions.

: Marwan Galaly, Head of Kurdistan Islamic Groups KIG Answer to Question One: In past Kurdistan Parliament was controlled by political

parties, especially the two main parties. So, the laws were issued must accepted by

political Counsels, but this term was active, discussed on many laws and took steps;


especially amendment for Kurdistan President's law to organize this country. If a

president do her duties correctly and serve people, then praise that person, in contrast

must have a place to question that person. I think it is a reason for deactivation.

The strategic agreement between PDK and PUK were major blocks in Parliament, they

issued what they wanted, but in this term PDK was alone, many times they threatened

it. We told them it does not have to be chief and dominance the country; democracy

improved us and you considered yourself a democratic party.

Answer to Question Two: parliament's deactivation has affected everyone; they are not

trusting voting and all the establishments. Biometry Registration System show how

people prepare themselves for election; this a big danger we are part for Iraqi Federal

and it will be dangerous in next election. Beside all these corruption, manipulation,

disorder and injustice government was not monitored; if it had existed it would have

withdrawn some of the ministers from their ministers.

In externally level, I say if fighting Da'sh does not exist, other countries are shamed to

contact with these politicians, way they did was broken all the principles; but they

covered all things by it. while, fighting Da'sh will be finishing and controlling Mousel,

these countries will not support Kurdistan; it relates for their policy which is make our

friends not support us to establish our is a reason to friends country.

Answer to Question Three: In Islam if a person admits to his/her sin, it means that

he/she does not do it. The party was accused to manipulation, and has a manipulated

establishment to limit freedom, assassinate journalists and volition freedom of speech. It

seems that these problems are from Mozambique, it (PDK) is not taking responsibilities.

During windup to these problems if the guilty admit their faults once, we will admit

them four times. The Speaker of Parliament did not take any steps to banish him. So, I

believe who made this situation by a law and should fix it by the same law.

: Head of Islamic Movement Block IM Dr.Shwan Qaladzey, Answer to Question One: Many steps were taken and did not take them before like

accepting of Oil and Gas Income Fund, amendment of Private Universities Law,

bringing back Kurdistan University to Ministry of Higher of Education and Scientific

Research and attempt to amend Kurdistan President Law; these steps made the opposite

party which was PDK that the agreements were broken and consider it as a conspiracy.

Also, to obstruct demonstration to Erbil banished The Speaker of Parliament.

Answer to Question Two: The internal effects are: deactivation of parliament,

illegally reducing employees salaries to half and quarter, weakening monitoring on

KRG establishments and impeding them, spending money, insult parliament and its

members, make employees and people be hungry, looting private and public banks,

spreading poverty, pent-up market, mass immigration to another countries, retain money

in personal and private banks, speeding unemployment, raising unemployment's level,

people are disturbed psychologically, losing faith in election, implementing autocracy.

In contrast, the other political parties do not have any willingness and they are silent,

only sometimes have complained not having contraposition against all these crises, they

are stuck with the government, while there are no hopes for reformation.


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External effects are political and polity process are distorted in front of our friends and

others, it cleared that we do not want to organize establishments in frame of laws, in this

point Kurdistan and its polity are criticized by others.

Answer to Question Three: what is taking to activate parliament? The political parties

to be contented, however we do not think they will agree because before they had many

meetings. It could be the members will activate the parliaments' works, the Presidency

Commission propose agenda for having meetings in Erbil; If it will not happen there,

start meetings in Sulemania, Kerkuk or Halabja ;we believe that parliament can return

its role. It is almost a year parliament is deactivated, however there are some attempts,

but the head of blocks had talked big on screens (TV) and did not ready to that

meetings. I emphasis that there will not be any content, the Speaker of Parliament

present the agenda and the members being a factor for parliament activation.

Srood Salim, Head of Block Sons of Mesopotamia

Answer to Question One: I am sorrowful for deactivation of Kurdistan Parliament; it

has not had meetings, information about street and government's reformation. Accepting

each other is in a low level, if a side give up in some things will be glory not weakness.

Answer to Question Two: Deactivation of parliament has direct effects in internal

status, if it was activated had influence it. government has problem, some ministers are

managed by undersecretary, announcing reform without asking parliament is something

was not happened before in the world; parliament should monitoring reformation and

accept it. Now, government is blamed for everything, and then they share it between

them. The parliament members in a bad situation, people tell us you cannot solve your

problems and how can solve theirs.

Answer to Question Three: solution for deactivation is to not close doors for

discussions, and the political parties must start from the scratch. Throw away the old

files, and having new agreement for people's advantages.

, Head of the People Council of Chaldean, Sreany and AssyriansWahid Yaqo, Answer to Question One: we are regretful for parliament's situation, ruining the

agreement which gave it the position speaker of parliament to Goran Movement was

behind the deactivation. They mixing their works as parliament members with being

members in political parties, and they tried to impose their ideas on the other members.

Kurdistan Presidency's Issue must not come to parliament until it was accepted by other

political parties. So, it was a reason behind the deactivation. Answer to Question Two: Inside of Kurdistan it has effected its situation, there are

many bills that service people cannot working on them; could not monitoring

government which has effects also.

Outside of Kurdistan does not have any effects, because the government implements the

tasks.

Answer to Question Three: for solutions must reach a new agreement to end this

crisis. There is a suggestion that Parliament presidency Commission will change, and it

will be given to the minorities; as a minorities we are ready for this.

Abdulrahman Faris (Abu Karwan), Head of Freedom List:


Answer to Question One: there are many reasons to deactivate parliament, every

action has its reaction, so I present these because they are reasons to deactivate

parliament:

1. Ending Kurdistan Presidency's term according to Law (19) on June 30th

, 2015, is

a main reason behind it, it belongs to the Kurdistan Constitution's bill which is

the source to settle many legal issues to the Kurdistan Constitution's bill and

Kurdistan Presidency's term, it must had acceptance before to providing a root

solution. In that time Independent High Electoral Commission was not ready to

prepare election and solve it.

2. Having discordance about Laws in Kurdistan Region, for example Law (19) in

2013 said in Article (1) the term of Kurdistan President will be finished on

August 19th

, 2015. In article (2) said it will be solve it by agreements according

to Constitution's issue. Unfortunately, article (2) was not implemented and

everyone has its idea. So, presenting bills for this issue was started, it was legal,

but we should know that legitimacy is something and agreement is something

else. By agreement we can solve problems, but not understanding the reality of

Kurdistan and agreement made Kurdistan presidency's issue being as a hamper

to deal all sides together. We have to say when Kurdistan presidency Law was

amended by Law (19) article (1) was amended without any changing. Thus,

according to this Law president will elect by people directly, all the sides should

know that we do not have Independent High Court to settle the conflictive

laws.

3. Working for wining and loosing, having interlocutor against each other also

reasons to it. Expanding conflictions made to appear politic and economic

crises and deepening the struggles. In result PDK deactivated parliament which

is illegal and in contrast to the political agreements.

Answer to Question Two: internal results are parliament could not do its tasks like

issuing laws and decisions, monitoring government and ratify annual budget. From the

beginning of parliament was launched by fifty-fifty agreement, so that it was a

dangerous starting to obstacle parliament in any minute by a political decision. Beside

the crucial issues like referendum, relations between Region and Baghdad, reform

process and other issues that needed parliament, and because of the deactivation could

not settle them. They were clustered to other issues; people are irritated people about

believing in election, freedom and democracy cases.


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External effects are appeared accordance with internal effects, it has rejected by many

countries, NGOs and parliaments, the Kurdish Authority has blamed for that; especially

when some of political parties, Parliament members also The Speaker of Kurdistan

Parliament in conferences and meetings outside of Kurdistan talked negatively about it.

This is related to the internal effects, maybe it will have negative effects in future, the

authority went to a dangerous direction will put people's live in danger.

Answer to Question Three: To activate parliament I clarify it in some points:

The first step is to have a national agreement for all the political parties,

especially the conflicting five parties conceding to each other for public

interest; for sure it needs a strong will to solve the problems and activate

parliament.

Thinking to protect people's advantages, understanding the situations in real

way, now it needs unity and likeminded more than any other time. To benefit

from these situations all the political parties by an agreement to find solutions

for the issues.

All the political parties force on the conflictive parties particularly on PDK and

Goran Movement, regrettably these two parties were blamed to these issues,

but in fact it relates to all the political parties to going back to discussions and

existing from square one. Now, we are in square one and populace taking their

roles to force them for making serious decisions to activate parliament and

improve political and economic situation.

Majid Osman, Head of Erbil Turkemen List:

Answer to Question One: Parliamentary Elections Law is a main supporter to

deactivate parliament; if it is not amend now, it will occur in the next terms. For

example, amending to age for parliament members and especially to the Speaker of

Parliaments, unfortunately what we noticed in this term that some immature politicians

far away from any traditions do not respecting elder people by the name of liberated

youth to build a country to be ruled by laws. Forgetting previous efforts and sacrifice

for thousand peoples, beside lacking of national affiliation, competing on screens,

reading incorrect data and numbers to deceive people and encourage them against

government and leaders. Without any consideration to political and economic situation,

combating Da'sh, Baghdad's fighting to Erbil, then not transfer information correctly; it

made laws not regarded all reactions far from it and working to not accept each other.

But, If parliament had managed by skilled people in administration and law, it would

not has controlled by violence and laws would not have broken, that annoyed all and

paying back. If these gentlemen had not moved their political activities to parliament's

hall, and not looking at it as a political council, then they respected their oath and were


loyal to God and people in Kurdistan, unfortunately parliament was being a field to

conflictive politics; even the laws and decisions are served people, they are full of

mistakes and the government could not implement them or it is not possible to execute.

Answer to Question Two: I am sure it has effects from now, if it is going like that the

effects are widened, the problems are deepened, at the end, Kurdistan will be

prejudiced; our future will be tough.

Answer to Question Three: the best resolution which I think the five political parties

are accept it, is to let the minority parties agree to elect a new presidency commission.

Until now, they were working on majority, minority, five and three parties together

were failed. Kurdistan is not only for them, it is owned by other people in Kurdistan,

but they did not believe in living together, it is impossible these five parties have deal.

In these next subjects about Reasons, Effects, ways for deactivation of parliament

and in this projects result have adopted some opinions for parliament members.


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Reasons behind the Deactivation of Kurdistan Parliament

1. Having issue about Kurdistan President Law, which was the term of Kurdistan

President was finished according to Law (19) on June 30th

, 2016. When there was

conflict about it, for example when the Law (19) was issued in 2013 according to

Article (1) the term will be finished on August 19th

, 2015, but in Article (2) wrote that it

will be solve by having agreements in Constitution; Article (2) was not implemented.

For this PDK wanted to lengthen the Kurdistan President's term outside of parliament.

2. Damaging of political consensuses among political parties is a reason behind the

deactivation.

3. The political mind in Kurdistan is not reaching the point to consider parliament as

resource for it. So, the political situation is a reason for deactivation.

4. Lacking of democracy principles by the political parties, still they are not cross their

historical psychological nodes.

5. The government was not law-abiding, offending parliament by government.

6. Shortage to accept each other among political parties, in contrast refusing each other,

being stubborn. Opposite to their statement from the past years to Kurdish polity.

7. Ending discussions after the parties decided to bring the Kurdistan President's Law

back to parliament, it is deactivated.

8. Having party and military dominance of political parties on different areas, and

wanting to implement their agenda there. Also, Erbil was a part of this, the parliament is

in Erbil.

9. Attempt by parliament to questioning ministers, which was an acceptable by

government.


10. Working for wining and loosing and existing vallation against each other, they used

Parliament's Hall to practice their party's agenda and having political activities there.

11. The previous opposition party when participate in government cabinet still working

as opposition.

12. To prevent demonstration in Erbil, the Speaker of Parliament was prevented to enter

Erbil, and then parliament was deactivated.

13. Competing, bidding, appearing on screens telling wrong data and numbers and

different news to benefit their parties' advantages.

14. The Speaker of Parliament and Head of blocks were not skilled enough to

understand Kurdistan's situation.

15. The political parties were hypocrite, what they said in parliament was different in

parties meetings.


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Bad effects of Deactivation of Parliament in interior and exterior levels

1. Hampered Democratic system in Kurdistan Region.

2. Hampered legitimate establishments in Kurdistan Region, the parliament of

Kurdistan a resource for all establishments; and the Kurdistan presidency and

government are under questioning.

3. In the absence of parliament government took steps like reducing salaries; also not

giving them.

4. Disfigurement of Kurdistan's politic in international community, deactivation of

parliament deteriorated the propagandas that Kurdistan is a democratic island in Middle

East.

5. Appearing unstable internal politic situation.

6. Not having parliament monitoring, issuing laws and starting reformation process

without parliament, which is paralyzed the process of monitoring and issuing laws.

7. Offending parliament and its members in front of public, making employees and

people starving. Unloading the public and private banks, spreading poverty and

unemployment, mass migration, keeping money in private and personal banks.

8. Absence of parliament will be having bad effects on the events will change that

related to Kurdistan's predestination, especially referendum and independency. Many

huge events will change and parliament should decide on them.

9. If parliament had activated, it would have taken steps to find out solutions for this

situation, determine ways, introgate government, withdrawn it or forming a new one.

10. Believing in election and democracy have disappeared, for example if we looking at

Biometric Registration System only ( %7 from Sulemania, %4 from Erbil and %11

from Duhok ) people are went to registeration. This is a disgrace for polity that made

people hopeless.

11. Parliament could not take its role to issue and amendment of laws and decisions,

also to monitor government and decide on annual budget.


Ways to Activate Parliament

1. All the political parties make a revision to solve the problems' of Kurdistan Region.

2. Find solution to Kurdistan President's issue, without it the parliament will not be

activated.

3. Citizens should force the five political parties to meet again, and not only the two

parties PDK and Goran Movement, but the others also are responsible for the situation.

The forces must be serious its aim to activate parliament and improve political and

economic situation.

4. The five political parties must start the meetings from the scratch, reducing their

requests, and throw away the old files to make new agreements for people's advantage.

The new agreement contains all sides' demands.

5. To provide a good level of political and social life in Kurdistan Region must to

normalize the situation. So, the first step is activation of parliament then gathering to

find solutions.

6. Calling meeting in parliament and dealing on the general common principles.

7. If this Presidency Commission of Parliament is causes difficulties to organize politics

in Region, then validate it and form a new one which contains all the sides.

8. If Erbil stays under controlling one party, we cannot expect a parliament that does its

duty properly, and a government serves its people, but the polity will have advantage

for one party.

9. Forming a new agreement among the five political parties on the basis on consensus

and participation.

10. Preparing for a honest election review to voting data and activate High Electoral

Commission, because the election for the five term of parliament is close and it will be

holding in 2017.


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11. Selecting a system to the country, everyone being equal before the law.

12. Facing the crises and putting a mechanism to find root and relative solutions,

especially for financial crises.

13. Exist transparency in budget especially for oil and announce incomes, people are

doubt about it because oil is selling and its budget is not exist, also the salaries are

paying rarely.

14. Thinking to protect people's advantages, understanding the situations in real way,

now it needs unity and likeminded more than any other time. To benefit from these

situations all the political parties by an agreement to find solutions for the issues.


Results

1. The issue about Kurdistan presidency term is the main reason behind the

crises, which is still suspended.

2. Because of Kurdistan Presidency term's issue Kurdistan Parliament has not

worked illegally and not issue any decisions, also not questioning Executive

Authority; although it could not ratify annual budget from the last three years.

3.Deactivation of Parliament in this way makes regress of democracy process,

legality of Kurdistan Region internal and external will be under doubt.

4. It makes people to not trust parliament as high level establishment, likewise

to vote and election.

5. The committees in parliament did not do their duties like following up,

having meetings and not writing reports.

6. Exporting oil is one of the reason behind the deactivation, simultaneously

the Oil and Gas Income Fund has been decided on it, but forming its

commission and giving them trust are hampered in parliament, it goes to the

conflicts among the political parties for their shares.

7. Neglecting parliament's role by the political parties, especially in Kurdistan

Presidency's issue.

8. Parliament's role to interrogate Excursive Authority is in level low, so it

could not invite prime minister, deputy of prime of minister or any other

ministers.

9. Parliaments' laws and decisions are not implemented by Executive

Authority.

10. Beside these crises like Kurdistan Presidency's Law in limbo, government is

working illegally, having economic crises and reducing salary which has effects

people's live, there is not transparency in incomes especially in Oil and Gas

Income Fund, clustering a huge loans on KRG; these points clear that the main

political parties do not have any agenda to face these crises.


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Annex: Compendium of Parliaments works since it's lunched

on November 6th

, 2013 until August 31st

, 2016

No The title Number

1 Number of parliament’s meetings 71

2 Number of paragraphs of the agendas 200

3 Number of paragraphs of the agendas – the implemented 117

4 Number of paragraphs of the agendas – not implemented 83

5 Number of law projects that parliament did first reading for, since it has initiated its

tasks

155

6 Number of the approved laws 18

7 Number of the approved decisions 7

8 Number of Ministers’ Council members who were called to the parliament by PMs 32

9 Number of Ministers’ Council members who attend at the request of PMs 13

10 Number of Ministers’ Council members who were called to the parliament by PMs and did not attend

19

11 Number of Ministers’ Council members who attend the parliament hall at their own request

2

12 Number of interrogations of Ministers’ Council members 0

13 Number of committees’ meetings 397

14 Number of reports that committees wrote about law projects 121

15 Number of reports that committees did not write about law projects 244

16 Number of members’ questions directed to the government 443

17 Number of the answered questions 311

18 Number of the unanswered questions 132

19 Number of members’ absences for the meetings 970

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